movies
“Meet the Robinsons” Returns to Disney’s Glory Days

The latest animated movie, Meet the Robinsons, released by Disney, marks a return to the D...

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Gun Control Contributes to Chances of Mass Murder

An editorial in today's New York Sun nicely outlines the way in which bans on gun possessi...

manners-and-morals
Why Madmen Kill

The mass shooting at Virginia Tech University will certainly bring a long and laborious di...

manners-and-morals
Rutgers Team Accepts Imus’s Apology—Now That He’s Been Canned

The Rutgers University ladies' basketball team has accepted Don Imus's apology, AP reports...

commerce
Imus Radio Show Canceled

As you've heard, Don Imus's radio show has now been canceled. And so this sorry saga ocmes...

manners-and-morals
The Wisdom of Snoop Dogg

Syndicated columnist Mona Charen unearthed a brilliant gem of insight from the great philo...

commerce
The Double Standard Regarding Offensiveness

As stated here two days ago (see below), radio host Don Imus's characterization of the Rut...

manners-and-morals
An Opportunity to Show Model Behavior

It has been announced that the Rutgers University ladies' basketball team will appear on t...

sports
Last Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players to Be Dropped—Case Still Not Over, However

AP reports that North Carolina officials have decided to drop the remaining charges agains...

manners-and-morals
The Odious Offense of Don Imus

A commenter asked for our thoughts on the Don Imus affair, and we shall be happy to oblige...

movies
Classic Film Alert: The Strawberry Blonde

Turner Classic Movies is featuring actress Rita Hayworth this month, and there's a very g...

commerce
Grabbing the Green from the Greens

There's more than one sucker born every minute, and most of them born in the past few deca...

manners-and-morals
A Culture of Narcissists

Our politics are derived from our culture. A culture, after all, is a place where minds li...

television
Stunning Pro-Life Moment on TV Show “House”

Last night's episode of the Fox TV drama House presented another of those powerful ethical...

music
The Best Progressive Rock Albums of 2006-7

As promised, here are some of my choices for top progressive rock albums of the past year:...

music
Recent Worthy Music

Our friend Carl Olsen has an amusingly pointed and insightful piece on recent music, at hi...

movies
The Sexual Politics of “Blades of Glory”

Blades of Glory, the new comedy starring Will Farrell and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), i...

mysteries
The Value of Plot; plus: Guest Review of “Night of the Wolf”

A few weeks ago I eagerly purchased a copy of the new book Night of the Wolf, a collection...

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Dungy Supports Freedom Regarding Concept of Marriage

It ought to be perfectly normal for a person to state their support for the traditional id...

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Liberalism and Statism

Here's another installment in our continuing effort to clarify the misnamed political alig...

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What Think Ye of HBO’s “Rome”?

Currently on National Review Online, Gerald J. Russello points out that the alternative to...

prose-fiction
Orwell on Wodehouse

In a comment on my item on Wodehouse Playhouse, regular visitor Mike quotes George Orwell'...

television
Thoughts on Wodehouse Playhouse

In a comment on the humorous piece genrerously supplied by Mike (not Linda) below, regular...

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Reservations About Rudy

Our friend Hunter Baker has written a very insightful piece on current politics for the ex...

movies
“300” and “Ghost Rider”

Movies based on comic books, which are now called graphic novels, are so common as to be s...

mysteries
The Case of the Ectoplasmic Ecdysiast

A regular visitor to this site, who goes by the mysterious name of Mike (not Linda), wrote...

movies
Two Robin Hoods

The BBC's new series Robin Hood, showing on BBC America on Saturday nights at 9 EDT, is al...

mysteries
An Intellectual Intuitive TV Detective

NBC-TV premiered an interesting and innovative new detective series last night. Jeff Goldb...

manners-and-morals
Was Ellery Another Kind of Queen?

Short answer: no.A comment placed on my Tony Dungy item, below, suggests a worthy item for...

manners-and-morals
Homosexuals Pursue Dungy

Homosexual activists are attacking Super Bowl-winning Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony D...

music
Country Greats on Stage, CD

Country greats Ray Price, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson are touring in support of their...

mysteries
Banacek on DVD

Your voice has been heard! A couple of months ago we asked your support in getting the gre...

mysteries
More on Lord Darcy

Matthew Bowman of Christendom College posted a very interesting comment on my article on R...